A.N.: Hi! I'm back with a new story! All Edward and Bella this time. OK... I really hope you all like this. I've had some of this story written for months now, have reread the chapters I 've written numerous times to make sure I had no mistakes or anything, and now, since I'm sure I want to start posting it, here it is.
Umm... Edward and Bella are older in this fic. This chapter starts off ten years prior to when most of the story is gonna take place, while they're still in high school, and then the rest are like ten/eleven years later.
OK! Again, I hope you like this. I'm gonna post pics on my Flickr, and I may do a banner for this. I've been practicing and I'm proud of the ones I've done so far (they're on my Flickr; links on my profile). So check those out!
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight. That's all Stephenie Meyer. I just own this story and plotline. :)
CHAPTER 1
BPOV
June 1999
Yes! I finally graduated! I was glad to be out of Forks High. Glad to be out of Forks period... well soon I will be.
In two months I was going to be moving to Seattle for college. And what's also great is that my best friend Alice was going there, too, along with her boyfriend, Jasper, who's another good friend of mine. Instead of a dorm, the three of us were going to get an apartment. It was better that way. Me and Alice can still be in the same place, but she can also see her boyfriend without having to sneak around at night into each other's dormrooms.
I'm also glad that the two bedroom apartment we found had rooms on opposite sides of the apartment. Those two are very loud.
So after dinner with my parents, Renee and Charlie, Alice dragged me upstairs into my room to get me ready. I'm a dork; not popular and not beautiful, but had a very good GPA that got me a full ride scholarship to UW, and I'm using all the money I made working at the drugstore, plus the small college fund my parents set up, for the apartment - rent, food, etc.
Alice always scolds me for talking myself down, her constantly saying I was beautiful. I wasn't a fake blonde bimbo like Tanya Denali. Her head is as empty as a flowerpot, it's surprising how she actually graduated. Maybe she sucked the male teachers' cocks to get a passing grade.
But, anyway, here I am in my room, being tortured with a curling iron and makeup. I was never one for doing my hair or makeup. It didn't matter to me. Sure, it could have gotten me a boyfriend in high school, but to me, the guys in our school just didn't cut it for me. I have some standards that I would feel a guy has to meet, and they just didn't in my eyes. They were small town guys; hot now, but it will catch up to them in ten years. I'll find someone in Seattle. Someone worth my time, love and appreciation.
Alice finally finishes my hair and makeup, then throws an outfit at me, saying I will surely turn heads. I put on the tight, pinkish-purple long sleeve belly shirt. It kind of looks like the shirt that Britney Spears wore in a photo shoot. She looked really pretty. With the type of bra Alice had me wear, my boobs looked much bigger and filled out the shirt. I also had on some really short cut off shorts. I looked hot.
"Thanks, Alice. You did an amazing job," I told Alice giving her a tight hug.
"You're welcome, Bella. We're best friends, and friends help other friends make them look hot so they can get some." I swatted Alice as she laughed. Yeah.. I'm a virgin. Again I say... no boyfriend! I'm guessing that this outfit might help me get my first kiss. Not like the peck on the lips you get while playing Truth or Dare, first kiss, which I experienced with Mike Newton, but the real thing. I'm not really up to having sex for the first time at a party while a bunch of drunk teens are playing beer pong downstairs.
My house phone rang. Jasper said he was outside waiting for us. We squealed like girls obsessed with Justin Timberlake from *NSYNC. We were so ready to party as high school graduates. For my dad's sake (didn't want to give him a heart attack), I grabbed my jean jacket, holding it closed around my waist. We walked down the stairs, yelled a goodbye to Charlie and Renee and ran to Jasper's car. He and Alice had a brief makeout session and then we were on our way.
We got to Tyler's house, parking the car along the lawn since there were no spots. We made it inside the house, grabbed a couple of shots from the girl holding a tray of them, then proceeded to walk toward the back of the house where Jasper's friend Edward Cullen was. His brother Emmett and Emmett's girlfriend, Rose, mine and Alice's other good friend, were there, too.
Remember when I said that none of the guys in Forks were worth my time? OK... maybe there was one guy. Edward Cullen has been my crush since the sixth grade. I believed I was in love with him. He just hasn't noticed me like that. Yes, he and I are friends, not extremely close, but still friends, and he's always nice to me, and doesn't let Emmett get away with teasing me. In fact, I don't think he allowed any bullshit when it came to me. It's like he always protected me, which was one of the things that made me love him.
Edward's the most popular guy in school, so no wonder I had a crush on him, but of what I heard was that he's a player. The rumors are that he's dated and hooked up with almost the whole school's population of girl students. He seemed nice, and not a jerk, but he's never had a steady girlfriend, so it's hard to not believe the rumors.
Jasper and Alice took a seat next to Emmett and Rose, then proceeded to make out. I was left all alone, standing there. Until...
"Bella?" I heard a velvety voice say in front of me. I totally forgot my crush was standing there.
"Yeah. Hi, Edward," I said coolly.
"Hi. You look amazing tonight," Edward responded, looking me up and down for a second, before landing his emerald eyes on mine. I blushed a deep red from the attention I was getting from him.
"Thanks. You look good, too." He gave me his signature crooked smile.
"Want a drink?" he asked. I nodded and followed him to the kitchen where all the drinks were. Of course nothing non alcoholic was there.
"Here," Edward said with a smile, handing me a blue cup of beer from the keg.
"Thanks," I replied, taking a sip from the cup. He took a sip from his cup, too. OK, awkward silence. I finished my drink and went to get another. Edward said he'd get me it, asking me if I wanted something stronger instead. I shook my head. "No, beer is fine. Maybe later, something stronger." He nodded and went to refill my cup. Alice then came up behind me.
"Hey chicky. What's going on?" she asked.
"Nothing. Edward's getting me a refill."
"Ohhhh," Alice said, dragging out the word. "Maybe he's gonna get you drunk so he can have his way with you later. And you won't mind it."
"Alice! Shh! Don't need anyone hearing my feelings for him," I whispered, covering her mouth with my hand.
"OK, OK. Mouth zipped. Jasper and I are gonna do body shots. Want to join?" Alice asked, grabbing a bottle of tequila, two shots, salt and some lime pieces.
"No thank you. I'm good."
"OK. Well if you decide to get a little crazy, we'll be in the yard." Alice smiled and walked away. By the time she left, Edward came back with our beers.
"Sorry, it took so long. There was some kind of competition between Tyler and Eric on who can drink beer the fastest being set up over by the keg. Taking forever to fill six cups. Anyway, here's your cup," he said, handing me it. I nodded my thanks and proceeded to chug it down.
"Whoa there, Bella. Slow down," Edward laughed. I giggled, too. When the beer went down my throat, I decided I needed tequila.
"I think I'm ready for something stronger. Alice said they're doing body shots, but I think I just wanna do regular shots. Wanna come?" I asked.
"Sure," Edward replied, finishing up his cup and walking with me to the yard. When we were outside, we saw Jasper licking up Alice's exposed stomach, then sprinkling some salt on the line, proceeding to lick that up. Alice just laid down on the table, with the lime in her mouth and the shot of tequila in between her breasts. Jasper then took the shot and sucked the juice from the lime. He spit out the lime and he and Alice had a very explicit makeout session. All the people cheered them on.
I grabbed two empty shot glasses and filled them up with tequila, handing one to Edward.
"To finally finishing high school. Cheers!" I said, clinking my glass with Edward, then downing the shots. It burned going down, but I filled our glasses again. After three more shots, I was feeling a bit tipsy. So was Edward. I didn't even realize I had accepted his offer to do a body shot with him, until I heard cheers around me as I felt Edward lick along my collar bone. And I didn't stop it either.
A shot was filled and stuck in between my breasts, as well as a piece of lime put in my mouth. Feeling Edward lick me, pouring salt along the line, and then felling his hot tongue on me again, felt so good and sensual. I was getting turned on. He then stuck his face in between my breasts, grabbing the shot with his mouth and downing it, then putting his sweet mouth on my lips to suck the lime, spitting it out a second later.
We stared into each other's eyes for a moment and then his lips were on mine. He tasted like tequila, lime and salt, the perfect combination that got me hot and bothered. I wanted him. Our makeout session was getting pretty heated. Even though we were both drunk and Edward probably would forget about me, I hoped I would remember that I made out with Edward Cullen.
"Let's go upstairs," Edward said.
I nodded, completely going against my one rule of the night, letting Edward take my hand and lead us back into the house and up the stairs to an empty bedroom. We turned the lights on to a dimmed setting and continued kissing. I could hardly breathe, so I pulled my lips from his for a minute. But he kept going; kissing along my jaw and onto my neck and sucking that sweet spot between my neck and shoulder. That made me moan in pleasure. We then walked backwards to the bed and fell on it. We were ripping each other's clothes off by the second.
When he had his jeans off, but still had his boxers on, I felt his hard on on the inside of my thigh. My shorts were off, as well as my slutty belly shirt, but I was left in my push up bra and panties. Edward kissed along my collar bone again, moving down to the top of my breasts that were pushed out thanks to the bra.
"You sure this is alright?" he asked, looking into my eyes. I nodded and he kissed me hard again. I felt him unhook my bra and throwing it onto the floor and pulling back from my lips to look at my breasts. I was a bit embarrassed, blushing again and turning my head.
"Don't turn away from me, Bella. You're beautiful," Edward said in calming whisper. I nodded and he kissed me again. His lips trailed down my neck and past my collarbone, right to my breasts, where he started sucking my nipple.
"Oh, yes..." I moaned. "Mmm." I held his head there, not wanting this pleasure to end.
He continued to suck and massage my other breast, before giving the other attention. He then pulled down my panties and then his boxers, putting himself between my legs.
"Are a virgin, Bella?" he asked.
I nodded in embarrassment. I was guessing he was gonna stop, seeing that I was not experienced in that department, unlike the other sluts in our school.
"Bella, it's OK that you're a virgin. I feel like a jerk because I was gonna be the first to take that away from you. I'm not the guy you want to take your innocence, especially with my track record. We'll stop," Edward whispered to me, moving his body away from me and sitting up on the bed. For someone who is drunk, he has a lot of sense. He was thinking about me and not about only him and getting laid.
I sat up with him, saying I wanted this, I wanted it a lot. "Edward, don't feel bad because you're not a virgin and taking away someone else's. Even if it doesn't happen tonight, it would happen eventually. I want this. I want this with you. So please."
He nodded. "I want this with you, too," he whispered, then kissed me passionately on the mouth. We laid down again, getting back in the mood with the same gestures he was giving me before. He positioned himself at my entrance, telling me it was gonna hurt a little, and pushed in slowly, soon breaking the barrier. I automatically felt the pain, and it made me spill a few tears.
"I'm sorry, Bella," Edward whispered to me, kissing away my tears. He didn't start thrusting yet. I then felt the pain go away. I adjusted to his huge size and then bucked my hips a little to let him know he could move. With that little hip thrust, I felt immense pleasure, letting out a low moan. He got the message and started moving in and out of me. It felt so good.
We kept going for a few minutes, us moaning and groaning at the sensations of the quick thrusts into me, me meeting him thrust for thrust. I pulled him a bit closer, hugging him to me and wrapping my legs around his waist so he would go in a bit deeper in me, which felt amazing. Soon I was feeling my orgasm rip through. I moaned loudly at the pleasure, screaming "Edward!" over and over again, him screaming out my name. We went over the edge together, feeling him come inside me. He then collapsed on me, but held his weight off me, and kissing me with such fever.
We just laid there on the bed, taking deep breaths. He held me to him. I knew this wasn't gonna go anywhere. It was just the heat of the moment. But it was so beautiful and I would always remember it. Oh yeah... I was in love with him.
We realized that it was late and the others were probably looking for us. We quickly got changed and were out the door, but not before he gave me one more heated kiss. He peeked into the hallway and saw that the coast was clear.
We walked down the stairs and into the party, where there was lots of dancing. For some reason, the best night of my life was in that bed upstairs with Edward and I felt that the party wasn't enjoyable for me anymore. Edward took my hand and walked us through he crowd to where the gang was.
I told Alice I felt like going home, but decided to walk. It wasn't that far, like six blocks. I wanted her to finish enjoying the party with Jasper and our friends, without having them leave with me because I wanted to go. She nodded and told me she'd call me tomorrow. Most likely, we'll both have major hangovers tomorrow morning and won't feel like talking on the phone, or even want to step outside our rooms. Edward said he'll walk, too, saying he came with Emmett and Rose. I nodded in understanding and we walked out the house. The cool breeze felt good on my overheated body. That house was way too hot with all those people.
We walked the streets at midnight, hand in hand. Again I knew this meant nothing was gonna happen between us, but it felt good. We were in a comfortable silence. We got to my house twenty minutes later.
"So, I guess this is where we part, Bella," Edward said.
"Yeah, I guess."
"Bella, what happened upstairs was amazing. I still feel guilty for taking that away from you. But it's the best I've felt."
"Don't feel guilty. I enjoyed it as well," I told him. Now I just wished he would tell me if he felt anything for me and wished to move forward. I wanted him and I wanted him to want me, too.
"Yeah. It was good."
Good. That's it?
"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you around."
Wait... what? I'll be seeing you around. That's all I get?
"Yeah," I replied casually. Just keeping conversation here. Maybe he'd say something about doing something together around town. "Be seeing you around."
"I'm going to college in Chicago, so I guess I'll only see you for two months and then maybe our ten year reunion," he joked. I let out a light laugh and so did he. Two months only, and then ten years. God... it seems so far away.
"Good night, Bella. I had the best night of my life tonight, and I think it was because if you," Edward said, kissing me on the cheek.
"Night, Edward. So did I."
He gave me a crooked smile and turned on his heel to walk toward his house a couple of blocks from here. I wanted to kiss him passionately, seeing this was maybe our time to part for a while.
Tonight could have been the best thing I've ever done or the biggest mistake. I let my crush, my secret love, of six years take away my virginity and I hardly knew him. I wasn't gonna see him for at least ten years. Good going Bella. With that I collapsed onto the porch and cried my eyes out till I couldn't anymore.
During those two months, I didn't see Edwadr around at all. Everytime I went out with Alice and Jasper, neither Edward nor Emmett, or even Rosalie, were around. I knew I wouldn't be seeing him around town. He and his family usually had a vacation throughout all of summer, and Emmett takes Rose, too. And I know I won't be seeing him for ten years. Great. So much for that.
Two and a half months later
I was finally in my apartment with Alice and Jasper. And in college! We started classes two weeks ago and we were finally settling into college life. The only thing that was bugging me was that I've been feeling this nausea for the last week and a half and even some throughout summer vacation. I could barely keep my food down.
And I've missed my last two periods.
I was then thinking the worst: Am I pregnant?
No, maybe it was stress. And maybe there's a bug going around school. But, what about during the summer? I never was sick during the summer, and my vomiting was on and off throughout the summer. But could it be true? I decided to confide in Alice.
The next day, both Alice and I didn't have any classes. Jasper did and was gonna be gone all day, from nine to four. I got up the nerve to sit Alice down and tell her my problem.
"Alice, can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked her when Jasper was gone and she had her morning coffee. I grabbed a cup, too.
"Sure, hon. What's up?" We sat down on the couch and I poured out my problem.
"Alice... I think I'm pregnant."
Her face was as still as a statue. Then she spoke. "Are you sure? Did you take a test? Go to the doctor?"
"No," I told her. "I've been feeling out of it for the last couple of weeks, getting sick. And then I realized I've missed two periods. I was thinking it was just stress due to college, but... I don't know. I was kind of hoping we could get the test together. It's a bit embarrassing to go alone."
"I know how you feel. About a month before graduation, I had my own little scare. I missed a period," Alice said.
I was shocked. Alice was always careful. "I was thinking I was pregnant, but all the times we've been doing it, Jasper's been using a condom," she continued. "I wasn't sure if one time it broke and we didn't realize it. I had to go to the drugstore alone to get a test. It was so embarrassing."
"It was negative, right?" I asked. She nodded.
"Yeah, there was a little pink negative sign. I even confirmed it with my gynecologist. She said I was negative and that my missed period might have been due to stress as well. Probably due to finals being that week and graduation coming up. I got my period a couple of days later."
"Alice, it's been two and a half months since graduation. Two missed periods. Three could be coming up. How could I have been stressing during summer?" I asked her, getting up from my seat on the couch and pacing in front of her.
"Bella, college was coming up. You could have been anxious or nervous, which could set it out of whack. Now you're in the midst of being in college and stress is being put on us," Alice said, trying to calm me down.
"OK. Maybe that's it. But let's just make sure." She nodded in agreement. Around eleven, we set off to the drugstore and bought three different tests. Apparently they have two sticks in a box, that's why they were like twenty bucks a pop. Alice said to save the others in case of an emergency. We then went to the 7-Eleven down the block and bought a Big Gulp to help me need to pee. When we were on our way back to the apartment, that's when I felt the need to go to the bathroom. On the way home, I had opened the boxes and stuck three tests into my purse so I could run to the bathroom when we got home.
I unlocked the door and ran to the bathroom, pulling the tests out of my purse. As soon as I sat, I started peeing on the sticks. Finally relieved, I sat in the bathroom with Alice, waiting for three minutes to pass so we could look at the tests. The timer dinged and then I stood up from the bath tub edge and walked over to the sink where the tests were. I picked up the tests and looked at them. Positive, Positive, Positive. I let out a cry. I was going to be a mother. And I was just turning eighteen in a week.
Alice came over and looked at the tests. She took one look at my face and hugged me as I cried. She reassured me it was going to be OK, that she and Jasper were here for me and so were my parents. Though Charlie and Renee won't be too thrilled about the fact they were going to be grandparents at 42, they wouldn't put me out and leave me to take care of myself when I needed their support the most.
Alice helped me change into my pajamas: a tee shirt and sweats, then sat me down on the couch. She went to the freezer, grabbed the whole gallon of cookies and cream ice cream and two spoons. She also grabbed the phone. She handed me the ice cream and a spoon, and proceeded to call in a pizza. Though this would be break up kind of treatment, I needed to be consoled, and these things would help.
As we were finishing up Practical Magic on TV, Jasper came home. He was starting to blurt out his day, but then he saw us on the couch, an empty pizza box and a gallon of ice cream gone, with tear stains on my face, as well as swollen eyes.
"What's wrong, Bella?" he asked me, sitting on my other side.
"I'm pregnant," I said, the tears falling down my face again. Jasper was reassuring me it would be OK, but I didn't think it would be.
"Do you know who the father is?"
That's when it hit me. When did I have sex? I've only done it one time and that time was with... Edward. Edward Cullen was the father to my child. And he's in Chicago. Alice obviously knew about my major crush on him, and that I may have loved him with the type of feelings I had whenever he was around. But I never told her that he and I had slept together. Well I guess now is the time.
"Edward," I said.
"What?" Jasper asked.
"Edward's the father," I answered quietly. Alice gasped, and Jasper stayed quiet.
"When did this happen?" she asked.
"At the party after graduation. We went upstairs and it happened. But the thing was, he felt guilty for taking away my virginity, but I told him it was OK, that I wanted to do it. He was so sweet to me the entire night of the party, like the alcohol we both consumed had no effect on us whatsoever."
Alice awwed over the fact that Edward was a gentleman, but was wondering why he never used a condom, especially since I was a virgin and not on birth control. Oh shit! He never used a condom. And I never specified I was on birth control.
"Alice, what am I gonna do? I don't know what college he's in except that it's in Chicago. I don't have a number to call him. I heard his parents were going on some kind of vacation for a couple of months, and even if I had their number, I couldn't reach them."
"Bella! Calm down. You'll get through this. We'll help you. Don't worry," Alice said. I nodded in understanding.
"Do you know what you want to do? Do you want to get an abortion or consider adoption?" she then asked.
"You know how I feel about abortion. And though adoption may be best, I have a feeling I'll regret it, or agree then change my mind about giving it up. Besides, don't you think it's wrong for me to give up a pregnancy without the father knowing, especially since I know who the father is?"
Alice agreed with me, saying she'll support my decision, and any decision for that matter. Jasper did, too. I had the support from two of my best friends, and later I would get the support from my parents and the rest of my family. But the next seven months were gonna be hell.
Seven months later
OH MY GOD!
This has to be the most incredible pain I've ever felt. And believe me, I know pain. We're best friends. I've been to the hospital more times than I can count. But labor tops it all.
Alice and Jasper were almost finished with their first year of college. I decided to take a leave of absence right after midterms of our second semester and I'd finish the credits later, taking the W grade for withdrawing. I also won't be going back this coming semester because I will now have a baby. I'll be going back in the spring.
And now I've been in this hospital bed for five hours and I'm only nine centimeters dilated. I just had another contraction, them coming about every two minutes, and Alice was feeding me ice chips to cool me down since I was sweating like a pig.
"Alice, screw the fucking ice chips! I want my baby out of me. Will it come out?" I screamed, as I grabbed the cup of ice and threw it away. Alice got scared a bit, actually stepping back a few feet from the bed. She was trying her best to not piss me off. Alice is pixie sized, easily breakable and I swear I'll break her in two if she pissed off a pregnant woman.
"Bella, it's almost here. The doctor is coming in a few minutes to check on your dilation and see if you're ready to start pushing," she told me. Just then, my doctor came in.
"OK, Bella let's see where you're at," Dr. Weber said. Dr. Angela Weber's been my doctor for the last seven months. She confirmed my pregnancy just to make sure, and she showed me the first picture of my baby. That day, both Alice and I cried over the sight on the ultrasound machine. In fact, everytime I went for an ultrasound, we cried. The only thing I did not look forward to was that cold gel squirted on me. She's been the best OB/GYN, and I'll even keep going to her for my yearly PAP test. Even Alice said she'll go to her when she decides to have a baby. I decided not to find out if it was gonna be a boy or girl, but I did have a feeling it was gonna be a boy.
"OK, Bella, I'm guessing no more than an hour," Dr. Weber said. I groaned at the thought.
"OK, Dr. Weber. I will endure this for another hour," I told her.
"I'll be checking every ten minutes to see if you're at ten centimeters, Bella," she said, before walking out.
Thirty minutes later, I was at ten centimeters and I was being pushed into the delivery room. I had both Alice and Jasper in the delivery room: Alice to be my coach and Jasper to be the video man. I reluctantly agreed to it, as long as Jasper didn't get footage of the baby actually coming out. He agreed; even if I wasn't going to tell him that, he wasn't gonna get the baby coming out on camera.
"OK, Bella, when you feel a contraction, push. Take breaks in between, don't force it to come out so soon after a push, OK?" the doctor told me.
I nodded in agreement, doing it reluctantly because I was sweating bullets and just wanted my baby to come out of me, and I'll agree to anything just to make it happen. I then felt another contraction. The doctor saw my scrunched up face and knew I was feeling another one.
"Push!" Dr. Weber said. I pushed with all that I had. When I couldn't anymore, I stopped. The doctor said she could see the head coming now. She told me to push again when the next contraction hit and I did. It hurt so much, I was telling myself never to do natural labor, even if on drugs, ever again; maybe never have a baby again.
"OK, the baby had crowned. Just two more pushes and your baby will be out. OK, push!" I pushed again, the shoulders out. One more push to go. I pushed once more, squeezing Alice's hand so hard, I probably broke it. Then I heard that wonderful sound... the sound of my baby's first cry.
"Congratulations Bella. You have a baby boy," Dr. Weber said, holding up my son.
"I have a son. I have a son!" I cried, tears flowing down my cheeks. I was cleaned up, after pushing out the placenta (GROSS!), and then was handed my son when he was clean and wrapped in a blue blanket.
"Oh, my God. He's so beautiful," I said, kissing his little forehead. Jasper focused the camera on me and the baby, and I smiled at it, waving at it, and waving my son's hand.
"So what are you going to name him?" Jasper asked.
"Anthony Jacob Swan."
A.N: OK! So I hope you all liked this! I appreciate any reviews/comments/critique, so let me know how you felt, and I promise to get back to you! :D Again I have pics on my Flickr!
Just some points I wanna get across: So Bella became pregnant by Edward. She had a son named Anthony (AJ for short and will be called that a lot in the coming chapters, so don't be confused whenever Bella uses 'Anthony' and 'AJ'. Same kid.) She won't be seeing Edward for ten/eleven years, so the next coming chapters will be a decade later, and to calm you all down, Edward will be in the next chapter. I'm sure if you've read my other stories and seen my AN for my poll, I put a summary of this new story and you know what's coming. But if you don't know because you haven't read my other stories, you'll be surprised! Alice and Jasper will be in this story, too. Em & Rose will come later, as well as Renee, Charlie, Esme and Carlisle. Bella does love Edward. Like in all the other Twilight FanFics, they usually felt some sort of spark whenever they touched or when around each other, like they're meant to be. That's how she feels. She just never told Edward.
I think that's it. I do just wanna say that Anthony/AJ wasn't gonna be Bella's son's name. First it was gonna be Jacob Seth Swan, Jake for short . The I thought that it's be kind of weird for Jake to be Bella & Edward's son. So I changed it to Anthony. And then I realized his initials if I kept Seth as the middle name. A-S-S: Anthony Seth Swan. So not cool! Imagine the teasing if this kid was real? So I made the middle name Jacob. And I purposely changed it to Anthony since it's Edward's middle name, but Bella doesn't know that. It'll be brought up in later chapters.
Oh and I think I should mention this: I've never been pregnant, so I don't know everything about pregnancies. I know of a few symptoms and a little bit about child birth. The morning sickness thing I assume is different among preganant women. So I'm guessing that some have really bad morning sickness, others have it mildly and every now and then, like Bella did, and some don't have it. My mom told me that when she was pregnant with me and my brother, she didn't really have morning sickness, if not a really bad case of it. Just wanna put that out there.
OK... I think I've kept you long enough. And I think I've mentioned everything I need to. I tend to have really long AN's b/c I have so much to say sometimes. Haha! See you when the next chapter's up! TTYL! :)